我记得我的朋友约翰尼·冯·诺伊曼曾经说过,“用四个参数我可以拟合一头大象,用五个我可以让它摆动它的鼻子。”
I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
I believe in such cartography – to be marked by nature, not just to label ourselves on a map like the names of rich men and women on buildings.
The success of an enterprise depends on teamwork; the strength of an individual is limited.